{"id":1319,"date":"2026-05-28T22:41:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabnewsmonitor.com\/2026\/05\/28\/netanyahu-names-country-with-crazy-love-for-israel\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T22:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:41:14","slug":"netanyahu-names-country-with-crazy-love-for-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/?p=1319","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu names country with \u2018crazy love\u2019 for Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"

West Jerusalem is facing \u201cdelegitimization\u201d in much of the world, the prime minister has said<\/strong><\/p>\n

India has a \u201ccrazy love\u201d<\/em> for Israel and shares a \u201cunique relationship\u201d<\/em> with the Jewish state, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the Jordan Valley Conference on Thursday, describing New Delhi as one of West Jerusalem\u2019s strongest supporters.<\/p>\n

Israel is currently facing \u201cproblems with delegitimization in the world, but not in India,\u201d<\/em> the prime minister said, praising the country\u2019s strong bilateral ties with such a \u201chuge power.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Israel has faced international condemnation in recent years over its military campaign in Gaza. Critics of West Jerusalem have argued that Israeli operations in the Palestinian enclave, launched in response to the 2023 Hamas attack, amounted to genocide.<\/p>\n

India and Israel formally established diplomatic relations in 1992, although New Delhi recognized the Jewish state in 1950, just a few years after its creation. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said relations between the two nations date back thousands of years, noting that \u201cJewish merchants traveled across sea routes that connected the Mediterranean with the Indian Ocean\u201d<\/em> to reach India.<\/p>\n

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India is currently Israel\u2019s second-largest trading partner in Asia. Bilateral trade, excluding defense contracts, peaked between 2022 and 2023 at $10.77 billion, according to data from the Indian embassy in Israel.<\/p>\n

During his visit to Israel in February, Modi praised what he called a \u201cstrong defense partnership\u201d<\/em> between the two countries and said New Delhi and West Jerusalem were also working on an \u201cambitious Free Trade Agreement.\u201d<\/em> India has reportedly signed arms deals with Israel worth $8.6 billion this year alone.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu thanked New Delhi for standing \u201cby Israel\u2019s side\u201d<\/em> in the wake of the 2023 Hamas attack and described India as an \u201cAsian ally\u201d<\/em> of the Jewish state.<\/p>\n

After the US and Israel launched military action against Iran earlier this year, New Delhi expressed concern. Speaking with Netanyahu in March, Modi called for an \u201cearly cessation of hostilities\u201d<\/em> and said the \u201csafety of civilians\u201d<\/em> should remain the top priority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

West Jerusalem is facing \u201cdelegitimization\u201d in much of the world, the prime minister has said…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}